What message is sent when the U.S. drops an 11-ton bomb in Afghanistan? I’m Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don’t want you to miss today.

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Trump’s Shock, Awe ... and Diversion?

In 2001, America’s longest war began in Afghanistan. The next year, the “mother of all bombs,” originally intended for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, was developed. With the ability to produce a lethal shock wave more than a mile and a half away, America’s most powerful nonnuclear bomb hadn’t been used in battle — until it was dropped Thursday on a cave-and-tunnel complex the U.S. said was used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan. It came on the same day the military announced its worst friendly-fire incident in Syria. And as President Trump empowers “the generals” to create more shock and awe, reports of civilian casualties there and in Iraq have been rising.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area.

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The Hacker Who Recruited ISIS Fighters in the U.S.

He was born and raised in Britain, but in 2013 he left for Syria at age 19. There, he led a team of Islamic State recruiters who reached out online to would-be terrorists around the globe, including scores of Americans, according to FBI Director James Comey. In all, the young man communicated with at least nine people who later were arrested or killed by U.S. law enforcement, court filings show. Here’s the story of the hunt to stop him and his recruits in 2015.

House the Homeless, but NIMBY?

When L.A. voters approved Proposition HHH, they freed up $1.2 billion for building thousands of apartment units for the homeless. But where? Case in point: a vacant lot on the Eastside. A nonprofit developer could build 49 affordable-housing units on the property, with half dedicated to chronically homeless people who’ve been diagnosed as mentally ill. But El Mercado, a mall next door, opposes it, and it’s been stuck for nearly a year in a committee headed by Councilman Jose Huizar, one of the most vocal supporters of — you guessed it — Prop. HHH.

Coachella Gets a Latin Beat

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Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar are the headliners at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which starts today and runs through Sunday. Though the big party in the desert has featured alternative rock, EDM, hip-hop and more since its inception in 1999, Latin music hasn’t gotten much love — until this year. It’s a move meant to resonate in the first year of the Trump presidency. One band from Argentina even had trouble getting its visas.

-- Over eight months, lethal bacteria infected 10 already critically ill infants in UC Irvine Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit, but the public is finding out about it only now. Hospital officials say none of the infants have died.

-- How’s this for a trade-off? End sales taxes on tampons and diapers, but raise liquor taxes.

Typos happen (tell us about it!), but 13 signs in San Pedro found a way to put the gaffe in Gaffey Street with an extra E. A spokesman for Councilman Joe Buscaino says about six people looked at the signs before they were printed, but no one caught the error until a driver spotted the problem when he exited the 110 Freeway. Read on to see why all but one will get the blue pencil treatment.

Lawmakers passed a bill targeting pornographic “deep fakes.” The technology has been used to digitally graft the face of a person into a pornographic film without the people involved knowing or consenting to it.